Addressing a public meeting in election-bound Madhya Pradesh, PM Modi said: “The Congress is not ‘contesting’ the election in this state. You will be surprised by my statement. Under that guise, it is seeking opportunities for collecting donations. The actual battle is not for the Chief Minister’s chair, as they know full well that they shall taste vanquishment.”

Without naming erstwhile chief ministers Digvijaya Singh and Kamal Nath, the Prime Minister said that the duo is “tearing each other’s clothes” over whose son will eventually assume the mantle of Congress patriarch in Madhya Pradesh.

“Tell me, will those who are concerned only about their children ever contemplate the fate of your sons and daughters and accomplish anything for them? Especially the youth should comprehend that the Congress neither has any future of its own nor a scheme or roadmap for the new generation,” he said.